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Which iPhone are you getting

  • iPhone 17

    Votes: 74 5.6%
  • iPhone 17 Air

    Votes: 238 17.9%
  • iPhone 17 Pro

    Votes: 288 21.6%
  • iPhone 17 Pro Max

    Votes: 731 54.9%

  • Total voters
    1,331
It's been hit or miss over the years whether stores actually have stock for walk-ins on launch day and the days/weeks after. Very hard to predict. Best thing is to check stock very early in the morning every day.
thank you for the heads up
 
Yes. I ordered at 0500am and got 09/25 delivery.

I placed another order several hours later and got 09/19 delivery.

I canceled the 09/25 order.
I’m thinking of cancelling mine by Wednesday if it doesn’t ship and pick-up whatever stock they have in store. Is the cancellation immediate?

Thank you for responding!
 
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Question in regards to Apple Store Preorder:

I preordered from Apple Store with carrier financing through T-Mobile but I feel like I’m going to switch to Verizon within the next couple of weeks based off what my family wants to do.

Will the device be unlocked? Or should I cancel my order?
 
Question in regards to Apple Store Preorder:

I preordered from Apple Store with carrier financing through T-Mobile but I feel like I’m going to switch to Verizon within the next couple of weeks based off what my family wants to do.

Will the device be unlocked? Or should I cancel my order?
If I’m not mistaken, all are unlocked except the AT&T variant.
 
My card was charged about an hour ago. Status still says Preparing to Ship. But, I guess that is just in the details at the moment.

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My credit card was just charged. (iPhone 17 Pro Max - Cosmic Orange 256GB.)
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Btw... Anyone here with T-Mobile? I have a few questions about pre-ordering through Apple and could use some help here? Thanks!
 
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Screenshot? Did you order from Apple or a carrier? Phones ordered directly from Apple don't change to "Shipped" status until they clear customs in Louisville.
I ordered through Verizon. My UPS link says the label was created so that’s why it’s technically “shipped” even though it’s not actually lol
 
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Ordered the Air 256GB Sky Blue around 7:00 AM pacific time along with the bumper case. I just checked the UPS app and 2 tracking numbers popped up but it's saying they have no information as they are not in the system yet.
If you have trade-ins, it’s probably the trade in kits.
 
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I’m thinking of cancelling mine by Wednesday if it doesn’t ship and pick-up whatever stock they have in store. Is the cancellation immediate?

Thank you for responding!
My cancellations were immediate.

But, IIRC, once the order goes Preparing for Shipment, the online option to cancel the order goes away.

ETA: I just ordered a Gold iPhone Air 1TB for my wife. Got 09/19 delivery.
 
I'm picking up at the Apple store with T-Mobile financing.
That’s great! I’m a tad jealous.

My local store is showing pickup is unavailable. That usually changes on launch day. Perhaps I can cancel and redo the order then? Now that I’ve made the decision, I don’t want to wait until Oct 6 or later. (Truly first world problems.)
 
My card was charged about an hour ago. Status still says Preparing to Ship. But, I guess that is just in the details at the moment.

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if you ordered from Apple directly and aren't doing ISPU, your status won't change to Shipped until your phone clears customs in Louisville, usually around Wednesday next week. But you typically will already be tracking it from China (or maybe India this year!) days before that.
 
It’s a little over 24 hours since pre orders started. Take a deep breath, my guess is your phone arrives 9/19
Look, I see that you're new, and I get it, it seems ridiculous. But this thread is a many, many years tradition that comes together every year for iPhone launch to cheerfully obsess over our phones. Every year, someone new wanders in and acts like a grumpy wet blanket, trying to smother our fun, but just know that we are all HERE for the fun, foolishness, camaraderie, support, obsession, etc. So please, make your life easier and just join in and have a good time with us, you're welcome to be a part of it.
 
Look, I see that you're new, and I get it, it seems ridiculous. But this thread is a many, many years tradition that comes together every year for iPhone launch to cheerfully obsess over our phones. Every year, someone new wanders in and acts like a grumpy wet blanket, trying to smother our fun, but just know that we are all HERE for the fun, foolishness, camaraderie, support, obsession, etc. So please, make your life easier and just join in and have a good time with us, you're welcome to be a part of it.
We used to do this on the iMore threads before they shut down. I'm glad to see I can continue this tradition here.
 
I ordered through Verizon. My UPS link says the label was created so that’s why it’s technically “shipped” even though it’s not actually lol
Previously there were separate threads for Apple Store purchases and carrier purchases, but even then many carrier orders were mentioned here.

The carriers have shipped their orders from within the USA, unlike Apple Store purchases that will have a tracking number from Asia to the end purchaser.

Carrier phones are unlikely to be in the US at this point, though they may be shipping by now to the carrier who will place their shipping label on the phones once in the US. but they are unlikely to be "shipped" until Wednesday or Thursday as they are not allowed to be delivered until Friday.
 
I did pre-orders, too, every year up until 2019 (seasonal at Apple that year so I just picked it up in-store) and there is a weird new glitch every year. I got the 9/25 delivery date this year and chose in-store because I had blocked off Friday but didn't want it to be a mystery day the week after. This is the glitch a friend and I are experiencing now -- we already ordered but keep getting reminders from the app to complete the pre-order haha.

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I had the same issue. And then when I tried to complete the pre-order of course it gave me the 9/26 date. So I ended up ordering the blue 256 GB, that showed 9–26, because the color really doesn’t matter to me anyway as long as it’s not the Halloween orange. So I said, screw it and then I would get the blue one and deal with the wait. And of course, later on in the day that blue one got pushed to the 19th, happy, happy joy, joy. So my screen still showed what you showed, so I went in there and canceled my silver pre-pre-order, and I will get my blue phone on the 19th still.
Long story short, don’t worry about that pre-pre-order information, it will fall off in a few days anyway, and it doesn’t have anything to do with the phone that you actually did complete the order on. Hope that helps.
 
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